Seeing him on July 22, 1995, the founding general Chen Shiyu died at the age of 86.
Before dying, Chen Shiyu's remarried wife asked him: "Who do you love the most in your life?"”
She accompanied Chen Shiyu in his old age, and was by his side all day long, she thought that Chen Shiyu would say her name, but Chen Shiyu said an answer that she didn't expect, Chen Shiyu gasped and said in a weak voice: "*."
The revolutionary friendship between Chen Shiyu and *** lasted for 50 years.
One day in September 1927, Chen Shiyu participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, here, he saw for the first time after the failure of the uprising, the troops went to Jinggangshan to open up a revolutionary base area, on September 29, the rebel army came to Sanwan Village, Yongxin, Jiangxi, ** here the rebel troops were reorganized, and a division was reduced to a regiment.
One day in October, Chen Shiyu followed his introduction to the party, and in the attic of an ancestral hall on Shuikou Street in Yanxian County (now Yanling County, Hunan Province), he officially joined the Communist Party of China under the auspices of ***.
Since then, following the revolution has become Chen Shiyu's life's work.
In November, when the rebel troops gained a firm foothold in Jinggangshan, they sent troops to attack Chaling County, and before leaving, they looked at the soldiers who went out, patted this person's shoulder, touched that person's gun, and walked in front of Chen Shiyu, he smiled and said: "We must win the battle." ”
After Chaling was conquered by the rebel army, because this was the first time to engage in political power, Chen Hao, the commander of the uprising corps, ate, drank, prostituted and gambled in the county, beat and scolded the soldiers, everything was as usual, and the people dared not speak out
**Very angry, to send a letter to Chen Hao, abolish his People's Committee, reorganize the workers, peasants and soldiers**, after the establishment of the new Chaling County Workers, Peasants and Soldiers**, there are three members in the county, namely *** Li Bingrong, and Chen Shiyu.
During the Jinggangshan period, Chen Shiyu heard many speeches about the revolution, and his words benefited him a lot"At that time, there were only a few people in Jinggangshan?Who would have thought that the troops coming out of this ravine would finally change the fate of China and the world pattern?”
In April 1928, the Nanchang uprising troops led by ** came to Jinggangshan, "Zhu Mao Huishi", and the Chinese revolution turned a new page.
On the day of the establishment of the Red Fourth Army, ** was very happy, he carried a pistol and had a cordial conversation with **, when *** was appointed as the commander of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Army, he wittily said to **: "The division commander sees the army commander." ”
As soon as the conference ended, ** handed over the gun to the guards, and since then, Chen Shiyu has never seen *** with a gun again.
In 1934, Chen Shiyu embarked on the Long March as the commander of the teaching battalion of the Red First Army, when the army passed through the Yi Autonomous Region, dozens of soldiers in the teaching battalion were scattered, and the regiment commander was very angry, so he called Chen Shiyu over: "The teaching battalion has been attrition too much, and you, as the battalion commander, are responsible." ”
Chen Shiyu: "I am willing to accept criticism. * Somewhat surprised: "Criticism?."You will be punished. Chen Shiyu didn't expect it to be so serious, so he asked, "What punishment?""*Shut you up for a month. Chen Shiyu: "Now that the troops are walking around, how can they be confined?"Do you want two people to carry me?”
The political commissar of the military commissar next to him explained with a smile: "You think beautifully, the confinement is not allowed to ride a horse, and your horse is led by the guards." ”
** Knowing that Chen Shiyu was locked up and confined, he found him, made him a senior official, and asked him to be the "battalion commander", the main task is to build a front station for the troops, find out the people's feelings, arrange grain, grass and houses, etc.
Chen Shiyu gladly accepted.
Chen Shiyu also had a time to get into trouble, that was in September 1935, after the Red Army came to Lazikou, ** asked Chen Shiyu to find a place that was convenient for observing the terrain, Chen Shiyu once led the way for *** and ** organs, turned over for a long time, but found a muddy shoal.
Chen Shiyu was very ashamed, ** did not blame him, but patted him on the shoulder, turned his head and left.
The next day, in order to take care of Chen Shiyu's emotions, he specially told Chen Shiyu: "Yesterday's Chengzi Road, a trivial matter, I was energetic as soon as I climbed the mountain." ”
During the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Shiyu was appointed as the chief of staff of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, and soon, ** gave him a task to reconnoiter the terrain.
* Accepted his suggestion.
After the outbreak of the Battle of Pingxingguan, Chen Shiyu participated in the battle and contributed to the Anti-Japanese War, and in a battle in 1938, Chen Shiyu was unfortunately wounded and admitted to Yan'an Hospital.
One day, a young female soldier rode over and handed Chen Shiyu a letter, Chen Shiyu opened it and saw that it was 200 yuan, which was a letter to him, in the letter, ** encouraged him to recover from his injuries and continue to serve the revolution.
After receiving the letter, Chen Shiyu was very moved and shed tears on the spot.
During the Liberation War, Chen Shiyu successively served as the chief of staff of the East China Field Army and the commander of the Eighth Corps of Sanye.
In 1952, Chen Shiyu was appointed commander of the engineering corps, and after that, he led his troops to participate in the construction of national defense projects and missile and atomic bomb test bases, and successfully completed the task.
During the Cultural Revolution, Chen Shiyu was a member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, and once, when he met with the leaders of the army, he held Chen Shiyu's hand and said: "Comrade Chen Shiyu, if there is a mountain in the party, we are still a mountain, and they are all from Jinggang Mountain." ”
This sentence made Chen Shiyu's situation at that time change.
In the early days of reform and opening up, some people said that if China wants to develop, it must be non-Maoist, and Chen Shiyu disagrees with this, saying: "* is a strategist that no one can compare with China. ”
On Chen Shiyu's 86th birthday in 1995, he asked the staff to send a jar of clear water, which was regarded as a birthday.
Chen Shiyu's son Chen Renkang later said:"My father really felt that he was going to another world to find ***, and he was going to fight guerrilla warfare in Jinggang again, and he left the world with relief, ideals and even a trace of regret.